Java Programming/Keywords/while

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while is a Java keyword.

It starts a looping block.

The general syntax of a while , using Extended Backus-Naur Form, is

while-looping-statement ::= while  condition-clause 
 single-statement | block-statement
 
condition-clause  ::= ( Boolean Expression )
single-statement  ::= Statement
block-statement  ::= { Statement [ Statements ] }

For example:

Computer code

while(i<maxLoopIter)
{
System.out.println("Iter="+i++);
}